The Future of Leadership in a Digital and Networked World

Ineke Frederike Blumenthal

With the help of innovations, leadership promises to guide us through change and complexity, enabling us to meet the opportunities and challenges of today’s and tomorrow’s world. At the same time, leadership can also be subject to the influences of a digital and networked world.

Based on a solid theoretical foundation, a Delphi-based real-time scenario study was conducted with more than 100 experts worldwide to further investigate what future leadership in a digital and networked world might look like and what this could mean for a leadership education curriculum. Based on the large amount of quantitative and qualitative data generated, four different scenarios as well as probable and desirable futures were developed. As part of the scenario transfer, possible development potentials for a future leadership education curriculum were derived.

The study provides a concise overview of the key relationships between leadership, innovation, networks, multi-level learning and education. It provides impetus for the possible future development of leadership and leadership education in a digital and networked world. In doing so, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates educational intentions and approaches.

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